Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-09-23
THE COUNTY FAIR.
Two Good Days, but IA Light show, eU
cent in Cattle

Nlndham County Agricultural society he
gan Wednesday at the fair ground near
Fayetteville. The day was favorable and
the attendance should have been increased
beyond that OF former years, but, owing to
the opposition of "a class who are dissstis
fed with some of the regulations enforced
there were hardly as many as usual in at.
tendance the first day. Possibly it may be |
necessary to get out Of the old ruts a little. |
aud to introduce new features if the conn |
ty fair is to be brought up to what it should |
be. There was, however, this time what |
may be called good though not a large at |
tendance. 1t was good company of well |
behaved people-with few exceptions. The |
rowdy element appeared to be largely left |
out, or ut least its activity ON the grounds |
was suppressed,
In one especial feature the exhibition of |
the first day eXceled-in the number and
quality of the oxen and steers, of which
there We're about 20 pairs The best show
of oxen, AS all will agree, was made by f.
NJ. Waite Of BrattleborO. Besides six pair
of heavy oxen, he had on exhibition sever
al pairs of steers, one two and three years
old, all OF rather superior quality The two
years old steers were the same that were
awarded the first premium at the state fair
at Burlington, and one pair OF his trained
oxen took the second premium and another
par the third at Burlington premium
was also awarded him at the state fair on
yearling steers, first premium for steer
calves, and second for best five yoke. 1t
will be seen 10y reference to the premium
list that he won II large number of prem-
unls at this fair The weight of his six pair
of oxen was as follows 300, $500, $500,
5000, 1900 1900. His two years old steers
| weighed $500. The exhibition of these cat
tie added greatly to the attraction of the
| show of live stock. Other exhibitors Of OK
en- from Brattleboru were j. 2. Nichols
with the trained cattle that won first pre-
MUM at Burlington, weight $500, and
another pair weighing $500 +. Z. Stock
| well and others from Brattleboro exhibited
heavy oxen. The Brattleboro town team
was awarded the first premium, Townshend
tine second, and Newfane the third. Town
shend was the only competitor for the pre-
| mlums on steer teams. The names of the
owners of the Townshend and Newfane
teams with the weight of each pair is given
herewith. Townshend-J. II. Franklin
1915; William A. Lawrence, $500; E. s.
Shattdck, 3125 II. Z. Wright, 3442 Danl
| Read, 3lj; A. A Goodale 1890; W A
Eddy 1928 j. b. Ware 4 Son, 3060; c.
Bradley, 3Us6 ). Derry, 29ij Henry z.
Wright, 3l46; W. H. Miles, 1924 New
fane-G. f. Underwood, $500 f. w.
Blodgett, 4O75 c. f. Underwood, $3.50 !;
II. Merrifeld, 32j0 f. o. Bennett, 1870 /;
NJ. A. Bailey, 300 D. A Dickinson, 34OO
j. II. Merriheld, 3ljO; Wells Hildreth,
34OO A I. Edwards, 3l3O +. W. Morse,
1865.
In the three teams there were more than
30 yoke weighing from 1000 to 1900, and a
large share of them were the kind of cat
tie that judge OF oxen would be pleased
to see.
Guy Albee of Brooklne, boy of about
IA years, exhibited finely proportional
pair of three years old steers which won
the red ribbon in competition with several
other steers of extra merit. f. NJ. Waite's
$500 two years old steers of course took
the first premium in the class of that age,
and his yearling steers and steer calves
were also awarded first premiums as well
as his oxen. j. z. Nichols and E. w.
BlOdgett won the other premiums on oxen
Among 50 many good oxen and steers it
was quite credtable 10 win a second or
third premium.
The trial of draft oxen attracted a crowd
of people. There was u close contest, and
immense loads were moved. Waite won
the first premium, Nichols the second, and
Powers Of Athens the third for heavy weight
cattle NJ. a. Bailey of Newfane first, 5.
+. Derry Of Townshend second, and q. NJ.
Bemis of Athens third in the light weight
class.
F. H. Rutter, Luther Osgood & Son, j.
l b. Ware * Son, aud b. G. Cushing were
t among the principal exhibitors Of cows and
heifers. F. II Rutter took nearly all the
9 premiums for Short horn or Durham cows
and heifers, and j. Il. Ware x Son all the
z premiums for JERSEYS For herds. Osgood
z * Son. Ware & Son, and b. c. Gushing
I ! ,Vnr,. tina u,iuunrs
/ In all about a dozen bulls were on exhi-
, bition. b. G. Cushing had a very large and
S handsome animal of this gender. j. B.
e Ware & Son showed a good Holstein bull
r In general the appearance of the bulls in.
70 dictated an Improvement of the stock in
D their neighborhoods.
p There were about forty entries of horses
5 in all the classes exclusive of the trotting
r horses. Many of them we're well worthy
e of premiums. but a few were hardly up tc
an average 1t will be seen how they were
o Judged by the committees. by reference to
o the premium list. There were seven en-
t tries of first class horses, and six premiums
e were awarded about 20 of second class
e horses or colts, and brood mares with colts
{ and eleven premiums were awarded
i In the trot for all horses in the county
h under wears that have not trotted in less
r than three minutes, j. D. Wheat won the
h first premium and Fred johnson the sec
. ond. For the purse of $50, free to all that
+ have never trotted in less than three min
+ utes, H. +. Wheat won the first prize and
t T. j. Miller the second, Fred johnson OF
o Wardsboro the third For the 800 purse
= free for all, VIM. Robertson of Putney woI
e the first prize, j. A. Wallng, the second
: and r.. 2. Read. the third.
There were nine or ten exhibitors Of